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Dart Pictures

Brian — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:04:02 GMT

Post your dart photos here.

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Looking for new games

Be-in — Wed, 19 May 2004 22:38:43 GMT

OK, so I'm very familiar with cricket, cutthroat, 320, 420, etc. Anybody got any other games they'd like to share? Looking for a new diversion.

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another university-related question

Mark — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:54:22 GMT

Hi all. I am a mechanical engineering student looking to machine some darts for a project with the "twist" being that the flight is made such that they rotate. Does anyone know of a machinable alloy of tungsten, or more probably of a dart specialist or hobby store in the bay area? I'm over in Palo Alto. Thanks!

Mark

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Darts/math quiz on the BBC!

elambart — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:34:23 GMT

Just saw this on the Beeb today. The British government is recognizing the contribution darts make to maths skills. What a great argument against electronic darts! (Hey, if that's all you play, you're still welcome in the tribe... but personally, it's just not my thing--I'm old-fashioned).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4601810.stm

It requires a Flash (web browser) plugin, which most of you probably have whether you know it or not.

And no, I didn't get a perfect score. My excuse: I was at work, in a hurry, and haven't played darts in over a year because no one plays steel-point darts in this town!!

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any leagues/teams in Oakland or SF?

cole — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 03:54:51 GMT

i am looking to join in oakland or berkeley. is it too late? SF would be ok too, but prefer something closer to home.

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SCCDA Winter Season 2006

Charles — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:58:03 GMT

The Santa Cruz County Darts Association is starting its Winter 2006 Season. Sign ups, schedules, stats, rosters, and news can be found at:

www.santacruzdarts.org

The first B-League matches start Tuesday 1/10 and the first A-League matches start Wednesday 1/11. For match locations, visit the website and click on schedules.

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What darts do you throw?

Josef — Mon, 24 May 2004 20:03:30 GMT

Just curious what you have in your arsenal. What darts you love, hate and wish you had. Any good leads on places to buy on-line? How about dart cases?

I started out throwing 27g. Hammer heads and grew to really dislike them. Aside from being so heavy they have an inherent rattle that drove me nuts. Now I’m throwing 25g. Black Widows with moveable points and I absolutely adore them.

I want to go with a lighter weight though (around 22g.) and I’m curious about the “Smartest Dart II”. Have any of you had any experience with them?

-josef

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new here

Matttungstem — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:34:32 GMT

just looking around

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Spring Dart League Season

dirvish — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:30:04 GMT

Pertaining to the Santa Clara Valley Darts Association:

The Spring Season will begin Wed-Thu, February 23-24. Deadline for sign-ups will be Friday, February 18. The Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 15, at 7:30 PM. Place is yet to be determined.

As of late only "A" and "B" level leagues are run. There has been a beginner "C" league according to lore, but fewer interested parties means fewer choices. Teams can be privately formed (pay dues out-of-pocket each year) or sponsored by a particpating pub in the area (You only have to show-up. Drinks are extra ... except at "half-time" that is.)

Anyway, I thought I'd throw this out in case anyone browsing tribes might be interested. More information can be attained by visiting the official SCVDA website:

http://www.scvda.com/

Good game,

>>Ian<<

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Darts and Supplies

Josef — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:29:14 GMT

A friend of mine just opened his site for darts and supplies and I wanted to pass along the link. The prices look great and it looks like he's got lots of goodies!

http://www.dartArsenal.com

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Wow

Josef — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:24:26 GMT

Anyone out thtere??!!

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does anyone in SF even throw darts?

niqui-kioko — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:34:08 GMT

i havent seen it.
niqui

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Hey All, does anyone want to join my SFDA Dart Team???

Joe Bob — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:18:42 GMT

All,

I am looking for a couple of people (Female or Male or two Ladies, a couple of Guys, you get it) who would like to throw Steel Tip Darts on my Dart Team for the upcoming Fall season. My team is out of the Little Shamrock Pub in the Inner Sunset District of SF. We throw in the SFDA <http://www.SFDA.org>.

Again, we beveragize during said fun with darts, our team is pretty mix group of folks and it is fun.

Drop me a line if you are interested,
John

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new to the tribe

Terri — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 18:25:45 GMT

hi all... its great to see a dart tribe in here. I am from Canada and a regular dart player. I play for one of the ladies leauges in my town.I am only 19 years of age and just started playing in september but it is a sport i really enjoy. It takes alot of concentration and accuracy so it lets me challenge myself and others. I have not misses a mix sex's tourney in my town yet. In fact i have one this sunday.. wish me luck.

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Please help - a question about darts

DUFFMAN — Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:54:08 GMT

Hello everyone. I am a psychologist at the University of Michigan. One of the things I study is spatial cognition and action. I have a question for you about playing darts, as I am designing a research project on the question. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Now imagine a dart board. Some of the areas that you throw a dart at are on the XY axis - like the number 20. Other areas are along 'oblique' axes, like 4. Do you find that it is easier to hit the areas that are along the XY axis or along the oblique axis? You see, in spatial cognition, people are much more accurate in remembering a location that is near the XY axes. I am wondering whether this phenomenon holds true for action events, such as throwing a dart. I tried this experiment on myself at a bar the other day, and found that it was true, for me, as an inexperienced dart player, to hit areas near the X and Y but not oblique areas. Any thoughts on this?

Thank you for your time - I appreciate your help.

Sean Duffy

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Alright, we've got a quorum. Where's the best place to play?

elambart — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:35:00 GMT

Glad to already see three members here, looks like my new tribe Listing is doing the trick! Welcome everybody!

So where do you like to play? What kind of darts? Do you own your own, or use house darts?

Here in Santa Cruz CA, the best place to play is the Poet and Patriot pub. It's where I first learned to play, and received a good "it's not baseball!" scolding at my early attempts to hurl the darts.

You can almost always find a good thrower (perhaps a stranger) to play with at the Poet. With 3 boards in the main dart room and one in another room, award plaques all over the walls and more than a few trophies around, the Poet is serious about darts.

http://www.poetpat.com/

Another place that has a great setup is the 1007 Club, with four very nicely laid out dart lanes, but it's hard to find a pickup game there. Never see many serious players there except for league games.

Here in Santa Cruz we have two leagues, "A" for the top-level, most serious players, "B" for those who take darts a little less seriously but there are still a lot of great players in B league. Steel tip darts only, of course. ;)

The local dart association has a great web site for keeping track of league events, scores, etc. Very well done. Unfortunately it's down at this very moment, but here's the URL anyway:
http://www.sccda.org/

Personally, I find any league competition a little too serious for me, and I've played both in A league and B. Having to show up to matches every week, and *having* to practice, makes it a little to much like work to me. ;)

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